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BUREAU OF OUTDOOR RECREATION
For Release to PM's M ~ 24, 1968 Wallace (202)343-5726
HARRY W. RICE NAMED BOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND STATISTICS
Harry W. Rice, Assistant Director for Administration in the Department
of the Interior's Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, has been appointed as the
Bureau's Assistant Director for Federal Programs and Statistics, Secretary
of the Interior Stewart L. Udall announced today .
In his new position, Rice will have responsibility for operations of
the Division of Land and Water Conservation Fund (Federal), Division of
Federal Coordination, and the Division of Statistics and Data Processing.
Rice brings to his new position more than 30 years of experience in
government . Before joining the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in July 1962,
he served with the Department of the Interior in the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration, where he held executive positions in budget
and finance operations.
Before coming to the Department of the Interior, Rice worked as a senior
auditor with the General Accounting Office and the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation. He also served one year on loan to the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee and several months with the House Appropriations Committee.
A graduate of Columbus University in Washington, D. c., Rice is a
certified public accountant and a member of various accounting and related
associations . He has served as an instructor in cost accounting in the
Department of Agriculture Graduate School .
Rice is married to the former Catherine Hefinger of Miami, Fla. They
have seven children and make their home in Falls Church, Va .
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DEPARTMENT ol the INTERIOR
~ news release
. BUREAU OF OUTDOOR RECREATION
For Release to PK 1s August 8, 1968 Monroe (202) - 343-5726
UDALL ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT M. SHAW TO HEAD BOR STATISTICAL DIVISION
Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall today announced the
appointment of Robert M. Shaw as Chief, Division of Statistics and Data Process­ing
in the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation.
Shaw transferred to the Bureau from the Internal Revenue Service,
where he served since 1962 as Chief, Projections and Forecasting Staff.
The Statistics and Data Processing Division was recently established
in the Bureau to help identify management information needs, and to assist in
developing the methods for obtaining, maintaining, and analyzing this information.
Compilation and retrieval of all types of recreation information will be a
major responsibility of the Division.
Shaw received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Bucknell
University and has been working as a statistician with the Federal Government
since 1948. He began his career as an analytical statistician with the
Department of Labor, where he progressed to the position of Chief, Section of
Evaluation and Inquiries . Shaw also served in the U. S. Army between January
1943 to October 1945.
Shaw, 45, was born in Williamsport, Pa., and is married to the former
Juanita Compton. They reside in Silver Spring, Md., with their two children.
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The next legislature should consider
a proposal to develop a fossil quarry
near Hagerman as a state park. It
could prove to be an outstanding at­traction
for tourists and travelers.
This is part of an area that has had
too little development for tourism. It
is strategically located near the main
East-West highways across Southern
Idaho and only a few miles from the
magnificent Thousand Springs. '
State Parks Di:octor Wilhelm Beck-ert
says the s>(e is unique and has as
much potential as a tourist attraction
as Dinosaur National Park on the Utah­Colorado
border. It contains the bones
of a small horse that roamed the West
3Yz million years ago, as well as the
bones of other ~cient animals.
Visitors flock to similar attractions·:
in other Western states, some of them
on highways that are not so well- ' ;
traveled. . . . .. , .i.
One of Southern Idaho's problems in
tapping . the full tourist potential is a ·
tendency . of many motorists to zip
across the state without going a few "
miles out of their way to see some of
the outstanding features the a'rea of-fers.
The fossil park and tramway · ·'
would stop many of them, and perhaps
encourage them to spend more time in : " .
Idaho. -
An expanded state parks program in IIi
the last few years has brought an end
to the neglect of parks development
in Sou!hern Idaho. A park has been
developed at the· Bruneau Sand Dunes ·
and another is being developed at the
A tramway has been suggested to Malad Gorge, not far from the fossil
take visitors across the Snake River to site. ·· !
·t the site, which is on a hill just across Idaho has no surplus of state parks,
the river from Hagerman. This would or of well-publicized natural attrac­provide
a panoramic view of the Snake · tions •. The fossil horses could provide
River canyon and the geologic develop··· the basis for one 'of tl\cstatc's most
ment of tile area. popular j)arks.
BOISE, IDAHO, SATURDAY, JU!\'E 22,1968 .. _ .....
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DEPARTMENT ol the ·w~!_OR
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Release October 30, 1968 Wallace (202)-343-5726
$42,750,000 APPORTIONED TO STATES FROM LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
Apportionment of $42,750,000 to States, Territories, and the District of
Columbia from fiscal year 1969 Land and Water Conservation Fund appropriations
was announced today by Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall.
This represents 95 percent of the $45 million appropriated by Congress
from the Fund for States in the fiscal year that began July 1. Secretary Udall
set aside $2,250,000 from the 1969 appropriation to meet unforeseen needs of
States or their cities and counties.
All money allocated from the Fund to the States must be matched on a
50-50 basis. Payments are made for individual projects that are approved by
appropriate State officials and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of
Outdoor Recreation, which administers the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
The Fund provides financial assistance to the States and, through them,
to their political subdivisions for planning, acquiring, and developing out­door
recreation areas and facilities. The Governor of each State has designated
a State official to represent him for purposes of the Land and Water Conserva­tion
Fund Act. States have the initial responsibility to determine the.
projects that will be financed through Fund money.
The Fund receives revenues from entrance and user fees at Federal recreation
areas·, proceeds from the sale of surplus Federal real property, and the Federal
motorboat fuels tax. Also, in July 1968, legislation was approved by the
90th Congress to increase the level of the Fund to $200 million annually in
the five fiscal years from 1969 to 1973--either from general Treasury revenues
or from Outer Continental Shelf mineral leasing receipts.
The basis of apportionment of the States' share of the Fund is as follows:
Forty percent of the money appropriated for the States is divided equally
among the 50 States; five percent is reserved for unforeseen needs; and the
remainder is divided among the States; Territories, and District of Columbia
on the basis of population, Federal resources and programs, and out-of-State
visitor use.
Attached is a list of the amount apportioned to each State for fiscal
year 1969.
State
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
filinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
FISCAL YEAR 1969 APPORTIONMENTS TO STATES
FROM THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
Aeeortionment State
$ 726,689 New Hampshire
413 '720 New Jersey
582,626 New Mexico
570,743 New York
f ,485,063 North Carolina
609,952 North Dakota
771,981 Ohio
434,376 Oklahoma
1,112,337 Oregon
814,491 Pennsylvania
450,252 Rhode Island
450,921 South Carolina
1,674,609 South Dakota
958,759 Tennessee
763,564 Texas
646,880 Utah
841,048 Vermont
776,773 Virginia
486,963 Washington
937,137 West Virginia
1,035,473 Wisconsin
1,463,526 Wyoming
814,419 District of Columbia
572 ,632 Puerto Rico
1,043,073 Virgin Islands
496,507 Guam
568,240 American Samoa
438,242
Total Apportioned
Contingency
$42,750,000
2,250,000
Total Appropriated $45,000,000
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Aeeortionment
$ 504,064
1,237,073
542,889
2,483,393
817,992
465,435
1,521,010
634,082
606,573
1,600,349
498,956
625,511
530,245
746,069
1,690,823
505,357
292,185
813,573
698,647
587,143
912,137
447,155
313,680
462,675
90,076
94,267
87,645
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DEPARTMENT OF THE IN"1 ERICR
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BUREAU OF OUTDOOR RFCREATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240
FOR I~I~TE R~ISASE · AUG 3 o 196 ,
NOTIFICATION OF
LAND MT]) WATER CONSERVATION Fillm G!iAi'ff
State: Idah,-"o,_ ___ _
Ntunber: 11-00055
Sponsor:_g_lli of Coeur d'Ale'O!n~es....._-,-
Amount of Grant: ...i.22..5.'-"0o.,_.. . ,oJJ.o,__ _
Federal funds will be matched by:
City o_LC_o-"..Y.L.P...'.Alena. _____ _
State Li.ai son Officcr: __ W.iJhelm M._ Beckert, Director
Department of Parks
D::-scription of Project:
The funds granted will be used for the acquisition of apprximately 38 acres
of land which includes about 2,700 feet of lake frontage. Property is located
within the city limits of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. Acquisition
will be an addition to the existing South Third Street Waterfront Park,
which was developed with Land and Water Conservation Fund assistance.
Water-based recreation activities such as swimming, waterskiing, and boating
are programmed as present and future uses of the site.
The Land and Water Conservation Ftmd provides funds to ::tcquire Federal
recreation lands and waters, and for matching grants to States and through
States to local governments for outdoor recreation acquisition ::nd/or
developmcnt 1projects. Grant assi~tanc·~ is also provided to the Stales for
the preparation and maintenance of the •_v,;;i,r(cheas!ve state1;ide outdoor
recreation plan. The fund is supporte,l by , c ··enu':'5 r, u .. ~ thr- "'lle r> the
annual $7 Golden Eagle Permit, other FeJ·~ -r!l ouLdoor recn:aLio:1 w.J·r;J:~· .e
and user f
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Kamish, Idaho
July Jl, 1968
',Jherea., many 8Cr'Cs of lond io the Unttc•l Stc,tes .,re tic"d up
1n ''~llrt~rness'' jurl~dictlon, and
"h2rfc'lS, ·•che'l the CO'Jtrols of th· ··,Jil,i·erness "reas v;ere :,:et
u , lhe jurlsdictton ~s tn monetary relier to the state in which
the roderqlly co~troll9d dil~e~ness land is locatedwas not allo~ad
to cover the followin~:
ecc:no~n,y
b. ~rhere 1 ;; no con:,trvcti"W£ econc,rny 181 thi:J. their l:nund:;,
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no lo~gin~. a0 minln~, or J her o sr~tion Nith financial
rettJrns to tt1e str~te
'l'hereJc; rJO) control for dise/clere.•-;co, 'lny Hildern.:oss is a luxury t::J the st'lt: ii.i;
only the r1.ch able to enjoy lhe t.r·:;_i-l ·, .. ·!l f\"ln tn,- b·_-)unds;
Ther-cf,Jre, he it r 'Solve(t: .i.h·~1t tnc Kamiah Gr[-ln&~~ co ~1{J r·-'cord
'le e.-!IJC.'-1~-, Qr') r-Jn· ()~ f'-=tcl, st ·te.
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A22ortionments for Federal Aid in Fish and Wildlife Restoration
Fiscal Year 1969
State Fish Wildlife
Alabama $ 84,753 $ 339,201
Alaska 235,000 870,000
Arizona 94,827 393,549
Arkansas 91,707 292,478
California 235,000 846,499
Colorado 109,639 450,654
Connecticut 47,000 87,000
Delaware 47 ,ooo 87,000
Florida 102,993 280,729
Georgia 103,596 341,516
Hawaii 47,000 87,000
Idaho 78 612 332 114
Illinois 119,657 419,680
Indiana 91,498 342,140
Iowa 78,580 322,905
Kansas 78,360 343,651
Kentucky 69,987 256,330
Louisiana 64,282 299,586
Maine 47,000 202,435
Maryland 47,000 131,849
Massachusetts 47,000 87,537
Michigan 160,218 663,765
Minnesota 207,001 489,198
Mississippi 61,443 260,070
Missouri 126,341 427,206
Montana 106,809 495' 181
Nebraska 67,486 327,399
Nevada 71,980 338,826
New Hampshire 47,000 87,000
New Jersey 47 ,ooo 114,583
New Mexico 82,521 393,293
New York 129,811 548,635
North Carolina 78,801 384,839
North Dakota so, 134 239,339
Ohio 125,941 430,015
Oklahoma 89,969 312,037
Oregon 118,279 461,121
Pennsylvania 88,504 673,652
Rhode Island 47,000 87,000
South Carolina 61,324 202,183
South Dakota 64,438 278,917
Tennessee 114,538 333,733
Texas 235,000 870,000
Utah 78,201 341,896
Vermont 47,000 101,410
Virginia 67,508 316,737
Washington 90,647 363,152
West Virginia 47,000 198,617
Wisconsin 167,115 470,208
Wyoming 70,500 346' 135
Guam 10,000 10,000 "5'-'e Puerto Rico 10,000 10,000
Vir&in Islands 10,000 10 000
Totals $4,700,000 $17,400,000
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UNITED STATES , '
DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Release February 5, 1968
UDALL SAYS AMERICA CONTINUES TO WIN IN BATTLE TO CONSERVE NATURAL LANDS AND WATERS
The year 1967 marked another victory for the American people in the
continuing effort to preserve undeveloped lands and waters for public conser-vation
and recreation purposes against the encroachment of urban expansion,
highways, airports, and similar developments, Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall said today.
Citing statistics gathered by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation,
Secretary Udall revealed that during 1967 some 1,715,000 acres of land
and water were acquired for permanent public use in forest, park, open
space, fish and game, and multipurpose reservoir areas, compared with
about 750,000 acres converted to urban and highway development.
This marks the third successive year, Secretary Udall noted, that
despite rising land prices, the Nation has set aside more undeveloped
acres for conservation than for urban and other development.
"The gains we are making cannot help but make a more beautiful America,"
Udall declared. "The lands we are saving will mean much to this and future
generations in terms both of enhancing the Nation's total environment and
in providing needed outdoor recreation opportunities."
Of the total 1,715,000 acres conserved in 1967, Udall said Federal
agencies acquired an estimated 810,000 acres and States and their political
subdivisions, approximately 905,000 acres.
Udall praised the three-year-old Land and Water Conservation Fund
program as a primary factor in expediting the conservation of undeveloped
lands and waters for outdoor recreation use at both Federal_and State
levels.
The Secretary noted that during 1967 Federal agencies had acquired
157,365 acres of public recreation lands through appropriations from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund; and the States, with the help of matching
grants from the Fund. had set aside another 201,727 acres for public
outdoor recreation.
Udall said that in 1967 some $23 million in Federal money was
awarded to States for a total of 404 acquisition projects, compared with
$17.7 million for 212 acquisition projects in 1966.
This significant increase in the number of State acquisition grants,
Udall said, indicates that the States are working seriously to put their
Comprehensive State Outdoor Recreation Plans into effect, a requirement
for Fund assistance. Almost all these plans show a need for more recrea­tion
opportunity close to where people live. An increased number of pro­.
iects is in this category. It also reflects the use the States are
making of the technical assistance in planning, acquisition. and develop­ment
provided to States and their political subdivisions by the Bureau of
Outdoor Reercation. In its three years of existenc·e, Udall said, the Land
and Water Conservation fnnil provided grants for more than 65 planning pro­jects.
over 1,400 development pro.iects, as well as over 700 acquisition
projects.
Tn addition to the more than 201,000 aeres acquired by the States during
l9o7 with Land and Water r.onservation Fund assistance, the States also
acquired an estimateil 153,000 acres under the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell­,
Tohnson Acts, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Open Space
program, and the Department of Agriculture's Greenspan program.
Udall said the 810,000 acres of land and water a